abator

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From abate (to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over) +‎ -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

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abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16th century.] [2]
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Etymology 2

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From abate (do away with) +‎ -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

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abator (plural abators)

  1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16th century.] [2]
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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abator

  1. future infinitive of abatar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French abattoir.

Noun

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abator n (plural abatoare)

  1. abattoir

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